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Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1977-11-17

Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1977-11-17, page 01

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Ljl^ARY, OHIO HISTOnjCAL SOC \&V{
I 982 VE.LM/. AVE.
COLS, 0, 43211 EXCH
llOljL/ Serving Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community far Over 50 Years mA\K
VOL. 55 No. 47
NOVEMBER 17,1977 - KISLEV 7
Israeli Jets Attack Terrorist Bases In Lebanon
Golda Meets With Hubert
.WASHINGTON, D.C. — Former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, in Washington to meet with President Carter, happily embraces Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey (D.-Minn.) during a brief chat in the senator's office.
Later, commenting on her discussion with Carter, ■ the former Prime Minister said that they disagreed about the President's policy on convening Middle East
' peace talks and his support of a homeland for- Palestmians. Responding to a question on the home¬ land issue, she replied, "It is not necessary for the Palestinians. It's dangerous for Israel. It is a threat to Israel's existence and of no necessity for Palestinian
' refugees,'' ...
REMGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO NOTES FROM ISRAEL
The Egged Bus
By Aaron J, Leventhal
Editor's Note: Aaron J. Leventhal is director of the Ohio State university Hillel Foundation. He is currently on a sabbatlclal in Israel and Will write throughout the year ol his Impres¬ sions, experiences and intuitions.
For me the most vivid symbol of Israel has always been the Egged Bus. It. is often a battered up old tub, scarred from years of use and abuse, seemingly incap¬ able of dragging itself around another bend.' Yet somehow miraculously it moves- briskly throughout the land, through dusty de¬ velopment towns,_crowded streets, winding' mountain passes and hot desert sands.
In a sense the Egged ' stands as a dramatic testi¬ monythat everything has changed or is changing in Israel and yet in some; strange and mysterious way nothing has reaUy changed 'that matters.
I first began my love affair with Israel 15 years ago when the country was half its age arid practically every¬ one rode the Egged; Tbday many more cars, choke the highways but Egged re¬ mains jammed full, and one of the last remaining bar-; gains around. A trip from - Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, about 70 kUpmeters, cost under $2. less than what a gallon of gas? goesfortoday. .'■'?'.
Egged like Israel, how- .;■ ij jeyer,;is muchi more thqnits
physical surface. In its body rides the heart and soul of Israel, its' people. I know of no other place where the diversity and complexity of humanity is so graphically in evidence that on the Egged.
Men and women with toughened hands and tat¬ tered clothing from working
(CONTINUEDON! PAGE5)
By Yitzhak Shargil
and Gil Sedan
(Copyright 1977^ JTA, Inc.)
TEL AVIV, (JTA) - Israeli jets attacked ter¬ rorist bases, encampments and training centers in southwestern Lebanon Nov. 9 and returned safely to their bases. The air strike, the first in Lebanon in two years, was announced by Chief of Staff Gen. Mor- dechau Gur.
He said it was ordered in retaliation for the terrorist rocket attacks on Nahariya that claimed three lives, in¬ jured five and did extensive damage earlier in the week. Gur said the aircraft were in action between 7:35-8:40 a.m. Jocal time and carried out their attacks on terrorist targets in a coastal strip ten kilometers wide extending from the town of Tyre to the Israeli border.
He insisted that the targets were not places inhabited by civilians and that there were no known Lebanese or Syrian army units in their ■ vicinity._ Reports from Beirut claimed the Israeli plans had bombed civilians in refugee camps. The air at- ' tack followed heavy shelling of terrorist targets by Israeli artillery Nov. 8.
Gur said the rocket at¬ tacks on Nahirya indicated that the terrorists have re¬ sumed their warfare against Israeli civilians. He said Israel wanted to preserve the cease-fire in southern . Lebanon and called on Syrian forces there to put a stop to terrorist activity.
The chief of staff said the terrorist rocket attacks could not have been
launched without the knowl¬ edge of the Syrians. Gur stressed that no Israeli
Comic Van Harris To Headline Sunday's Scholarship Dinner
Van Harris, the "borscht belt" comic, will headline Torah Academy's annual Scholarship Dinner on Sun: dayj Nov. 20 at the Sheraton- Columbus at 6:30 p.m.
Harris, who- uses the family and current events as his laugh material, is noted for his ability to cause his au¬ diences to experience non¬ stop laughing.
The annual dinner will benefit the preservation and continuation of Jewish edu¬ cation provided to the Co¬ lumbus community by, the Columbus Torah Academy. An example of the creative education received at the school will be shown through; a class presentation written; and produced by Ruth Abramson and featuring the 7th grade. t;; Chairpersons, fpr ^9 event,
ground or naval forces were 1 involved in the retaliatory action.
U.S. Urges Restraint On Border
By Joseph Polakoff
WASHINGTON, (JTA) -The State Department said Nov. 9 that it was urging "all concerned" to exercise restraint in order to end the new flare-up of warfare along the Israeli-Lebanese border but pointedly re¬ fused to condemn Israel's air strike against terrorist bases in' southwestern Lebanon in retaliation for ter¬ rorist rocket attacks on Nahariya.
Department spokesman John Trattner also said, at the press briefing, that the U.S. position "remains only that a permanent solution to security in southern Lebanon lies with restoration of Lebanese authority in the area." 1
Asked for an assessment of the rocket attack and the air strike, Trattner said, "We, of course, deplore the loss of life and injury on both sides of the border. Again we urge all concerned to act with restraint in order to restore the cease-fire in southern Lebanon and we are Continuing intensive diplomatic action toward this end with the government concerned. Our position remains ' only that a permanent solution to security in southern Lebanon lies with restoration of Lebanese authority in the area. We call on all concerned to do all that they can to help the Lebanese government bring this about."
Pressed to name the governments concerned, Trattner named Lebanon and Israel but said he was "not limiting'the list" to those two countries. Asked why the State Department did not mention Syria which
-„ . . ... . (CONTINUEDON PAGE 14)
Men's ORT To Honor PatGraysonOnDec.il
The American ORT Feder¬ ation and Columbus Men's ORT will pay tribute to Pat G. Grayson at their annual testimonial dinner on Sun¬ day evening, Dec. 11 at the Winding Hollow Country Club.
A grandmother of three and the wife of Elliot Gray¬ son, Mrs. Grayson was a pioneer in Columbus ORT. She was a founder and the first president of the Colum¬ bus Men's ORT will pay tri¬ bute to Pat G. Grayson at their annual testimonial din¬ ner on Sunday evening, Dec. 11 at the Winding Hollow Country Club,
A grandmother of three and the wife of Elliot Gray¬ son, Mrs. Grayson was a pioneer in' Columbus ORT. She was a founder and the
Pat Grayson
first president of the Colum¬ bus chapter-at-large of Women's American ORT 16 years ago. She led that first ORT presence in Columbus through its infancy to later become chairwoman of the
' (CONTINUEDON PAGES)
Van Harris are Debbie Kaplan, Jackie Yenkin and DeeDee Cflimcher. Other workers in¬ clude: Carol Shkolnik and Carl Schwartz, tickets; Thea Press, ad book; Al Shames, program; Ruth Abramson, presentation; Beverly Bornr stein, publicity; Hope Katz, decorations; Sue Portman, i-iVj i'A^#to'BbWSAoB3>;,
EARLY DEADLINES!
The Chronicle office will be closed Thursday, Nov. 24 and Friday, Nov. 25 for the Thanksgiving holi¬ day. All news copy for the November 24 issue must be in our office no later than:
12 NOON, THURSDAY, NOV. 17 Advertising deadline for the November 24 issue will be:
12 NOON, FRIDAY, NOV. 18 All news copy for the Dec. 1 issue must be in our of¬ fice no later than:
10 A.M., WEDNESDAY, NOV. 23 Advertising copy for the Dec, I issue will be ac- cepted until noon, MondayK Nov. 28.
¥
On Nov. 8, Premier1 Menachem Begin declared that the days are over "when terrorists of the so-called PLO can-launch deadly as¬ saults upon us and we stand idly by." Addressing the 10th anniversary dinner of the Variety Club of Israel in Jerusalem he accused the Soviet Union of supplying the PLO with "sophisticated weapons with which to kill innocent men, women and children." .'■■ ?
But he said Israel had no interest in escalating, the situation on the Lebanese border and urged that the cease-fire -be maintained. The Variety Club laid the cornerstone of a $5 million child and family develop¬ ment and rehabilitation cen¬ ter in Jerusalem.
Poland Returns Collection Of Rare Hasidic Writings
PHILADELPHIA, (JTA) — A collection representing the writings and libraries pf five generations of Hasidic leaders in Eastern Europe was unpacked before televi¬ sion cameras in the presence of dignitaries and well-wish¬ ers at .Independence Hall last week. The 240 books and 130 manuscripts believed lost when their last owner, Rabbi Joseph Isaac Schneer- son, the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, fled from Poland to the United States in 1940, were formally turned over by the Polish government at the ceremonies here cul¬ minating three years of ne¬ gotiations initiated by the Philadelphia Friends of Lubavitch, according to I.J. Blynn, writing in the Jewish Exponent.
The handwritten manu¬ scripts and books, some dat¬ ing from the 15th century,' were discovered by a re-' • searcher in the collection of the Jewish Historical Insti- . tute of Warsaw, established by the Polish government after World War II.
In 1974; „Rabbi Abraham Shemtov, director of the Philadelphia Lubavitcher Center and Leonard Gold- fine, chairman of the Phila¬ delphia Friends of Luba¬ vitch, approached Edward Piszek, a businessman of Polish extraction who had donated more than a half million dollars in medical equipment to the Polish gov¬ ernment.
His contacts with the War saw regime helped open ne¬ gotiations aimed at securing the collection. They were carried out in what Goldfine described as • "an atmosphere, of friendship and good wilL';': 1 ,.-444

I
l>
I :
Ljl^ARY, OHIO HISTOnjCAL SOC \&V{
I 982 VE.LM/. AVE.
COLS, 0, 43211 EXCH
llOljL/ Serving Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community far Over 50 Years mA\K
VOL. 55 No. 47
NOVEMBER 17,1977 - KISLEV 7
Israeli Jets Attack Terrorist Bases In Lebanon
Golda Meets With Hubert
.WASHINGTON, D.C. — Former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, in Washington to meet with President Carter, happily embraces Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey (D.-Minn.) during a brief chat in the senator's office.
Later, commenting on her discussion with Carter, ■ the former Prime Minister said that they disagreed about the President's policy on convening Middle East
' peace talks and his support of a homeland for- Palestmians. Responding to a question on the home¬ land issue, she replied, "It is not necessary for the Palestinians. It's dangerous for Israel. It is a threat to Israel's existence and of no necessity for Palestinian
' refugees,'' ...
REMGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO NOTES FROM ISRAEL
The Egged Bus
By Aaron J, Leventhal
Editor's Note: Aaron J. Leventhal is director of the Ohio State university Hillel Foundation. He is currently on a sabbatlclal in Israel and Will write throughout the year ol his Impres¬ sions, experiences and intuitions.
For me the most vivid symbol of Israel has always been the Egged Bus. It. is often a battered up old tub, scarred from years of use and abuse, seemingly incap¬ able of dragging itself around another bend.' Yet somehow miraculously it moves- briskly throughout the land, through dusty de¬ velopment towns,_crowded streets, winding' mountain passes and hot desert sands.
In a sense the Egged ' stands as a dramatic testi¬ monythat everything has changed or is changing in Israel and yet in some; strange and mysterious way nothing has reaUy changed 'that matters.
I first began my love affair with Israel 15 years ago when the country was half its age arid practically every¬ one rode the Egged; Tbday many more cars, choke the highways but Egged re¬ mains jammed full, and one of the last remaining bar-; gains around. A trip from - Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, about 70 kUpmeters, cost under $2. less than what a gallon of gas? goesfortoday. .'■'?'.
Egged like Israel, how- .;■ ij jeyer,;is muchi more thqnits
physical surface. In its body rides the heart and soul of Israel, its' people. I know of no other place where the diversity and complexity of humanity is so graphically in evidence that on the Egged.
Men and women with toughened hands and tat¬ tered clothing from working
(CONTINUEDON! PAGE5)
By Yitzhak Shargil
and Gil Sedan
(Copyright 1977^ JTA, Inc.)
TEL AVIV, (JTA) - Israeli jets attacked ter¬ rorist bases, encampments and training centers in southwestern Lebanon Nov. 9 and returned safely to their bases. The air strike, the first in Lebanon in two years, was announced by Chief of Staff Gen. Mor- dechau Gur.
He said it was ordered in retaliation for the terrorist rocket attacks on Nahariya that claimed three lives, in¬ jured five and did extensive damage earlier in the week. Gur said the aircraft were in action between 7:35-8:40 a.m. Jocal time and carried out their attacks on terrorist targets in a coastal strip ten kilometers wide extending from the town of Tyre to the Israeli border.
He insisted that the targets were not places inhabited by civilians and that there were no known Lebanese or Syrian army units in their ■ vicinity._ Reports from Beirut claimed the Israeli plans had bombed civilians in refugee camps. The air at- ' tack followed heavy shelling of terrorist targets by Israeli artillery Nov. 8.
Gur said the rocket at¬ tacks on Nahirya indicated that the terrorists have re¬ sumed their warfare against Israeli civilians. He said Israel wanted to preserve the cease-fire in southern . Lebanon and called on Syrian forces there to put a stop to terrorist activity.
The chief of staff said the terrorist rocket attacks could not have been
launched without the knowl¬ edge of the Syrians. Gur stressed that no Israeli
Comic Van Harris To Headline Sunday's Scholarship Dinner
Van Harris, the "borscht belt" comic, will headline Torah Academy's annual Scholarship Dinner on Sun: dayj Nov. 20 at the Sheraton- Columbus at 6:30 p.m.
Harris, who- uses the family and current events as his laugh material, is noted for his ability to cause his au¬ diences to experience non¬ stop laughing.
The annual dinner will benefit the preservation and continuation of Jewish edu¬ cation provided to the Co¬ lumbus community by, the Columbus Torah Academy. An example of the creative education received at the school will be shown through; a class presentation written; and produced by Ruth Abramson and featuring the 7th grade. t;; Chairpersons, fpr ^9 event,
ground or naval forces were 1 involved in the retaliatory action.
U.S. Urges Restraint On Border
By Joseph Polakoff
WASHINGTON, (JTA) -The State Department said Nov. 9 that it was urging "all concerned" to exercise restraint in order to end the new flare-up of warfare along the Israeli-Lebanese border but pointedly re¬ fused to condemn Israel's air strike against terrorist bases in' southwestern Lebanon in retaliation for ter¬ rorist rocket attacks on Nahariya.
Department spokesman John Trattner also said, at the press briefing, that the U.S. position "remains only that a permanent solution to security in southern Lebanon lies with restoration of Lebanese authority in the area." 1
Asked for an assessment of the rocket attack and the air strike, Trattner said, "We, of course, deplore the loss of life and injury on both sides of the border. Again we urge all concerned to act with restraint in order to restore the cease-fire in southern Lebanon and we are Continuing intensive diplomatic action toward this end with the government concerned. Our position remains ' only that a permanent solution to security in southern Lebanon lies with restoration of Lebanese authority in the area. We call on all concerned to do all that they can to help the Lebanese government bring this about."
Pressed to name the governments concerned, Trattner named Lebanon and Israel but said he was "not limiting'the list" to those two countries. Asked why the State Department did not mention Syria which
-„ . . ... . (CONTINUEDON PAGE 14)
Men's ORT To Honor PatGraysonOnDec.il
The American ORT Feder¬ ation and Columbus Men's ORT will pay tribute to Pat G. Grayson at their annual testimonial dinner on Sun¬ day evening, Dec. 11 at the Winding Hollow Country Club.
A grandmother of three and the wife of Elliot Gray¬ son, Mrs. Grayson was a pioneer in Columbus ORT. She was a founder and the first president of the Colum¬ bus Men's ORT will pay tri¬ bute to Pat G. Grayson at their annual testimonial din¬ ner on Sunday evening, Dec. 11 at the Winding Hollow Country Club,
A grandmother of three and the wife of Elliot Gray¬ son, Mrs. Grayson was a pioneer in' Columbus ORT. She was a founder and the
Pat Grayson
first president of the Colum¬ bus chapter-at-large of Women's American ORT 16 years ago. She led that first ORT presence in Columbus through its infancy to later become chairwoman of the
' (CONTINUEDON PAGES)
Van Harris are Debbie Kaplan, Jackie Yenkin and DeeDee Cflimcher. Other workers in¬ clude: Carol Shkolnik and Carl Schwartz, tickets; Thea Press, ad book; Al Shames, program; Ruth Abramson, presentation; Beverly Bornr stein, publicity; Hope Katz, decorations; Sue Portman, i-iVj i'A^#to'BbWSAoB3>;,
EARLY DEADLINES!
The Chronicle office will be closed Thursday, Nov. 24 and Friday, Nov. 25 for the Thanksgiving holi¬ day. All news copy for the November 24 issue must be in our office no later than:
12 NOON, THURSDAY, NOV. 17 Advertising deadline for the November 24 issue will be:
12 NOON, FRIDAY, NOV. 18 All news copy for the Dec. 1 issue must be in our of¬ fice no later than:
10 A.M., WEDNESDAY, NOV. 23 Advertising copy for the Dec, I issue will be ac- cepted until noon, MondayK Nov. 28.
¥
On Nov. 8, Premier1 Menachem Begin declared that the days are over "when terrorists of the so-called PLO can-launch deadly as¬ saults upon us and we stand idly by." Addressing the 10th anniversary dinner of the Variety Club of Israel in Jerusalem he accused the Soviet Union of supplying the PLO with "sophisticated weapons with which to kill innocent men, women and children." .'■■ ?
But he said Israel had no interest in escalating, the situation on the Lebanese border and urged that the cease-fire -be maintained. The Variety Club laid the cornerstone of a $5 million child and family develop¬ ment and rehabilitation cen¬ ter in Jerusalem.
Poland Returns Collection Of Rare Hasidic Writings
PHILADELPHIA, (JTA) — A collection representing the writings and libraries pf five generations of Hasidic leaders in Eastern Europe was unpacked before televi¬ sion cameras in the presence of dignitaries and well-wish¬ ers at .Independence Hall last week. The 240 books and 130 manuscripts believed lost when their last owner, Rabbi Joseph Isaac Schneer- son, the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, fled from Poland to the United States in 1940, were formally turned over by the Polish government at the ceremonies here cul¬ minating three years of ne¬ gotiations initiated by the Philadelphia Friends of Lubavitch, according to I.J. Blynn, writing in the Jewish Exponent.
The handwritten manu¬ scripts and books, some dat¬ ing from the 15th century,' were discovered by a re-' • searcher in the collection of the Jewish Historical Insti- . tute of Warsaw, established by the Polish government after World War II.
In 1974; „Rabbi Abraham Shemtov, director of the Philadelphia Lubavitcher Center and Leonard Gold- fine, chairman of the Phila¬ delphia Friends of Luba¬ vitch, approached Edward Piszek, a businessman of Polish extraction who had donated more than a half million dollars in medical equipment to the Polish gov¬ ernment.
His contacts with the War saw regime helped open ne¬ gotiations aimed at securing the collection. They were carried out in what Goldfine described as • "an atmosphere, of friendship and good wilL';': 1 ,.-444